20th century fascism and communism both crashed within a decade of being "arriving" politically, as responses to industrial modernity. Fascism with WW2, communism with Ukranian famine. By contrast, 18th/19th century post-Westphalian monarchism "crashed" on landing via WW1.
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I think I'm a neoliberal for similar reasons to why many reactionaries are monarchists. Both are pragmatic philosophies that crash landed towards the end. 1913 vs. 2013. The diff is, monarchism I think is truly dead, but neoliberalism may be repairable for a 2nd tour of duty.
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Christianity and Islam are absolutist and utopian. As are many other religions. They took off a long time ago and so far have not crashed. Why?
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Because they unwittingly have some pragmatic elements.
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